Valentine's gift for her: a book where she is the heroine
After the bouquet, the dinner and the jewelry, what do you give your girlfriend or wife for Valentine's Day? A book that tells what you lived, and that she will keep after the 14th. Here is how to prepare it: the surprise, the staging, the dedication and the deadlines.
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By Maya B. · LoomyBook editorial team
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Why a book for her on February 14
What you remember from a Valentine's gift is what shows someone listened. A book where she is the heroine shows it in scenes: how you met, a trip, a time she held on, a detail she thought you'd forgotten.
Your two faces are drawn from two photos, one of her, one of you, and a story is written from what you tell us. The book gets reopened in a year, and in ten.
The style that suits her
Choose from her tastes.
- ✦ She likes soft tones: watercolor, in pastels.
- ✦ She grew up on anime: manga.
- ✦ She likes animated films: the 3D animation style.
- ✦ She loves old-time posters: vintage.
To compare the six styles, see our page which illustration style to choose. The free preview shows your duo drawn before you order.

The surprise: preparing it in secret
All you need is one photo of her, and you tell the story. A questionnaire guides you: ten to fifteen minutes. The printed book can be delivered to you, or to a relative if you live together.
Think about the details she thinks only she knows: the song she sings without noticing, her morning ritual, the sentence she said one winter evening. Those are what make her say "you remember?".
Staging the handover
- ✦ When she wakes up: on the nightstand, with a coffee and a note.
- ✦ In the evening, together: you read the book side by side, scene after scene, and each of you tells your version.
- ✦ Digital in the morning, paper in the evening: a link in the morning, the printed book after.
- ✦ At the table: slipped next to her plate, as dessert.
The romantic dedication
A dedication can be added and printed in the book: just write to us after you order. A few ideas to adapt, in two or three sentences:
- ✦ "For [name], who asked 'is this seat taken?' one Tuesday in November. It still is."
- ✦ "Our bookshelf was missing one book: the one where we are the heroes."
- ✦ "Happy Valentine's Day to the one who finds my glasses."
For more texts, see our book dedication ideas and our Valentine's Day messages.
Deadlines and prices
- ✦ Printed book: order by February 3 for delivery on the 14th. The timeline: about 2 hours of creation, 48 hours of review, then 5 to 7 days of printing and delivery.
- ✦ Digital book: ready in about 2 hours (24 hours at most). Order the day before at the latest to have it on the 14th.
- ✦ Digital gift card: sent by email as soon as you pay.
- ✦ Digital: €39.
- ✦ Signature: €59, a 30-page printed book.
- ✦ Prestige: €129, a 40-page printed book.
You review the book for 48 hours with up to 10 free revisions. For a gift for her outside Valentine's Day, see our page personalized gift for her; for the whole cluster, our guide original Valentine's Day gift idea and the personalized couple book. For him: Valentine's gift for him.
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